Clarita and Edgardo Fandino, International Directors of the “Teams of Our Lady” Movement live in Bogotá in Colombia. They recently took part in the meeting for “Friends of Together for Europe" in Prague. We wanted to hear more about their experience. 1) What was your...
Meeting of the Friends of
Together for Europe 2018
Prague, 9-11 November 2018
From 9 to 11 November 2018, the Meeting of the ‘Friends of Together for Europe’ took place.”. 170 representatives from 21 nations and 53 Communities and Movements from different Churches gathered in Prague in the Czech Republic.
There, in Central and Eastern Europe, a common desire: to face the difficulties, prejudices and fears that are heavily present at the moment, especially among the member states of the European Union and beyond. There were numerous opportunities for personal exchange and group discussions. High-level thematic impulses were offered by theologian Tomáš Halík, politician Pavel Fischer and historian Jaroslav Šebek. High-level thematic impulses were offered by theologian Tomáš Halík, politician Pavel Fischer and historian Jaroslav Šebek.
The presence of a large number of young people characterised the entire meeting. Some of their impressions: “In times of pluralism and ‘religious cooling’ we have the necessary enthusiasm; we feel the responsibility to play our part in building a Europe united in politics, society and spirit”; “We can learn and receive so much from each other”; “For three days, Prague 2018 became the ‘international capital in the heart of Europe‘”.
Articles about the event
Speech of Pavel Fischer, member of the Czech Senate, at the Meeting “Friends of Together for Europe”, Prague, November 16th, 2018 – "THE THREE CHALLENGES" Dear friends, You came to Prague to work together on the topic of how to live and engage “Together for Europe”....
Speech of Jaroslav Šebek, historian, Czech Republic, at the Meeting "Friends of Together for Europe", Prague, November 16th, 2018 - "The Churches in the Czech Republic and the challenges of these turbulent times" The events of November 1989 and the collapse of the...
Meeting of "Friends of Together for Europe" at Prague - Short interviews with some of the participants - part 4 "Let's engage on the very local level!" - Pavel Fischer, Senator in the Czech Parliament, Guest Speaker TfE Prague 2018 "A real space of dialogue" - Larisa...
Meeting of "Friends of Together for Europe" at Prague - Short interviews with some of the participants - part 3 "To take out whatever separates us" - Dimitrios Kontoudis, Orthodox Christian Apostolic Fellowship Metamorphosis, Greece "Be part of where Europe is going"...
The frost over Prague this evening seemed to melt as thousands upon thousands of candles were lit by passers-by on the streets that witnessed the “Velvet Revolution” of 17 November 1989. And whilst people were celebrating, listening to music in the squares or...
Meeting of "Friends of Together for Europe" at Prague - Short interviews with some of the participants - part 2 "Identity is something what we desperately need!" Pavel Fischer, Senator in the Czech Parliament "Abbiamo un grande fondamento che ci lega." Matthias...
Meeting of "Friends of Together for Europe" at Prague - Short interviews with some of the participants - part 1 "Going against the mainstream." Annamária Fejes, Focolare Movement, France "Non sediamoci sul divano!" František Talíř, Movimento dei Focolari, Cechia....
Last day of congress for the one hundred and seventy participants from 21 European countries and 53 different Movements and Communities. The atmosphere of the meeting was marked by the presence of a surprisingly large number of young people. As one young woman...
On the second day of the 'Together for Europe' meeting in Prague participants took a closer look at the situation of Christians and churches in the Czech Republic. There were many opportunities for personal exchange and discussion in smaller and larger groups and...
A happy beginning of the 19th meeting "Friends of Together for Europe". 170 representatives from 21 nations and 53 Communities and Movements from different Churches are together in Prague. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Together for Europe 2018 - Prague Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, a country at the very heart of European culture and history, with pay host from 15th-17th November 2018 to the annual meeting of the Friends of Together for Europe. The great history of Central...
Europe lives from the ideas it was born from. In preparation for the upcoming meeting of Friends of Together for Europe, we asked Jiři Kratochvil from Prague and expert in intercultural dialogue the following three questions. The next appointment of Friends of...
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